When she clicked on the music video, the video title caught her attention before the 5-second .
[Testar(TeSTAR) ‘Midnight, and Next (00:01)’ Official MV]
[View count 22,147,586]
‘Wow, it’s 22 million.’
It was 20 million when she saw it a while ago, but even though it had only been a week since its release, the number of views was accumulating quite fast.
The ti it took to reach 10 million was also a new record for the group.
‘I’m watching it again.’
The graduate student shrugged, saying that it was understandable.
Because Testar’s music video this ti was a bit different from the previous ones.
“Ah, here we go.”
At that mont, the comrcial ended and the music video started.
[…]
An antique gramophone covered in dust and cobwebs was captured on the screen.
A white hand ca out of a corner and pressed the phonograph needle.
Thud, thud, thud.
The cobweb snapped, and a slow, crackling lody began to play out.
It was lo-fi jazz with its sound quality lowered on purpose.
A romantic and sad piano rang out.
Before she knew it, the screen changed to the entrance of a mansion.
Although it was old, the structure of the mansion had a trace of luxury and displayed trendous visual beauty in the captured fra.
And in the middle.
Under the dusty, glowing chandelier, the focus was on the figure of seven people sitting in formation.
The song began.
– Slowly falling asleep
Ti, night
I don’t want to escape
– It’s quiet now
Song and dream
Forget everything, it’s midnight here.
Your Midnight
The choreography unfolded.
The tone of modern dance and waltz stood out. It was an elegant and complex choreography with a lot of movents using the whole body to support each other.
The long cuffs swayed.
There were no repetitive movents that were easy to follow or morize. It was a move solely aid at making people watch with their mouths open.
The structural lines were held long under the chandelier lights.
– Even if the clock’s second-hand runs and calls
I can’t pull it up again today
I’m here, your midnight
Your Midnight
The video changed the background from an old and luxurious entrance hall to a classy study in the rain, a huge dining table lined with rusty bird cages, and a bathroom full of red-scented candles.
Each ti, their hair and clothes changed shape and color, and the background was naturally absorbed in an instant.
It was a crazy visual beauty.
And the background suddenly ca to the bedroom where golden blue butterflies fly around.
The seemingly endless change of clothes, which was based on colorful suits, also ca to an end.
They were now wearing classic lightweight shirts.
On the spine between their shoulders, she could see pulsating clockwork springs.
– Spreading Midnight
The distorted focus…
I’m shaking, I’m struggling with ti
lіghtnоvеlwоrld․соm fоr а bеttеr uѕеr ехреrіеnсе
The choreography of the last chorus fully blood.
Butterflies gathered each ti the formation changed and sat on the windmill like birds perching on the spinning wheels.
The shadows on the floor stretched, casting long butterfly wings.
– Overflowing Midnight
Torn down Shape
Torn and a new day cos
There were no significant cutscenes, acting, or overhanging narrative.
Consisting solely of choreography and proper close-up shots, the video swallowed up ti in an instant.
It was a music video with a gorgeous and ecstatic visual beauty and a song that seed to fit together.
– I t you
Midnight
And next
The lyrics ended like that. All sounds stopped for a mont.
The last accompanint resud faintly.
While the piano and contrabass were playing, a white hand appeared just like in the first scene. However, this ti, the cara climbed up on the arm.
The owner of the white hand was Seon Ahyeon.
Getting out of the choreography formation, Seon Ahyeon headed to the longcase clock in one of the bedrooms.
Then he tore off the right lower wing of the blue butterfly exhibit hanging on the clock.
In the glass beneath the wing, diagonal cracks were revealed.
[00 : 01]
On the longcase clock that was captured from the front, an elegant cursive caption appeared, and the video ended.
‘Whoo!’
It was great to see it again!
The graduate student couldn’t control the corners of her mouth and turned to the last verse where a close-up of Moondae was captured.
The face of Park Moondae staring upward slightly with blue butterflies flying around his temples was the best.
And there was the finishing touch.
‘Choker on his neck!’
Although the material and atmosphere were completely different, this was better because it reminded her of the second team match of when she first saw Park Moondae.
The graduate student already did it, but she screenshotted the scene one more ti.
“Ah, this music video is really good! The song is just nice to listen to!”
It was her taste to enjoy enchanting visual beauty and easy-to-listen songs for 4 minutes without question marks popping up in her head.
And that point was revealed right away from the thumbnail.
Originally, Testar used epic and aningful thumbnails such as hands, landscapes, and props since ‘Magical Boy’.
However, this ti, they openly put a close-up of a mber’s upper body on the thumbnail.
It was Kim Raebin.
“Mmm.”
It was a pity that it wasn’t Moondae. The grad student also had a strange feeling about Kim Raebin because the first fan she t had left a bad impression.
But the cut itself was an art.
‘…Raebin is handso.’
The cut of soaked Kim Raebin with a corset choker on his neck and a blue butterfly under his chin was great.
And he was a perfect match for this song.
It was a very languid and extravagant concept, so Kim Raebin, who had a slightly decadent impression, suited it well.
The music video was also a worldview and a bombardnt of sight and hearing.
‘Ah, it changed over.’
While she was lost in her thoughts for a mont, the video that played again ended, and a related video was played next through automatic playback.
It was the first stage of ‘Midnight, and Next’ at the concert.
[Aaaagh!]
[Uaagh!]
She couldn’t hear the song well because of the scream.
Тhе lаtеѕt аnd mоѕt рорulаr nоvеlѕ аt lіghtnоvеlwоrld․соm
‘Ah, right! Everyone was like this!’
She chuckled as she recalled the situation at the ti.
She forgot about the link to the fancam video sent by her homma friend because she even edited the sound neatly.
According to her friend, the concept photo released right before this was even more upsetting because it didn’t give a single hint.
‘Hm, now that I see this, it’s just a pretty picture! I look forward to it! I think it was like that.’
Right.
For a more dramatic first-stage impact, Testar and the company accepted Park Moondae’s opinion and took boring concept photos and teasers.
It was just a moderately good-looking cut using a suitable suit and mansion.
– I heard that Shamstar finally got out of their world concept
└It’s no fun
└But the kids are pretty, that’s all that matters
– Ah, sothing’s missing
– Are they taking a break this ti? Since it’s a full-length album, there are a lot of things to work on and the condominiums overlap.
└The happiness circuit is strong. It must be hard to recycle.
– I’ve lost my initial commitnt, I feel like I am going to gain weight soon
The graduate student didn’t know, but the stark reaction under the surface was this bad.
But the mont the concert ca out, everything turned upside down.
Even Testar’s concert outfit seed a bit excessive, they even ca out with a butterfly model attached like a tailcoat and a real clockwork spring.
Because they poured in their capital, the costu didn’t look awkward even if it was that excessive.
– Shamstar is serious about the concept.
– Corset choker and that shirt. Who gave that idea? Give them a reward.
-♡ I love Butterfly Boys so much♡
– The school worldview that sucked up all the sweet flavor is now out of date. Let’s push for this.
– Fans’ initial commitnt is fully charged.
– As expected, boy idol is sexy.
After that, special photos with the concept of the music video intact were added exclusively for the album, and so of them were uploaded on Testar’s SNS, making it perfect.
However, without knowing such elaborate calculations, the grad students were just happy.
‘Okay, let’s watch Moondae’s fancam, too!’
The grad student excitedly put in the search term on WeTube and found Park Moondae’s new music show fancam.
The hairstyle with only half the forehead exposed and the loose stage suit looked really good on him.
‘Blonde is the best…!’
While watching the video happily, she suddenly opened the comnt window.
Of course, she knew from experience that the top comnts were plastered in English, but it was nice to find one or two comnts in Korean.
When she saw the silly comnts, she felt like adding sothing.
“Hmhmm~”
The grad student happily lowered the comnt window and finally found a comnt in Korean.
However… It was not the kind of comnt she was thinking of.
– Park Moondae, fighting~ I like your strong and cool image
– Good luck, Moondae! I hope you don’t have a hard tiㅠㅠ
“…?”
She felt a sense of incongruity
The concept this ti was a little sexy and based on coolness and elegance…It was as though each elent paid attention to the artistry.
And Park Moondae was a genius idol who perford the concept properly, neither lacking nor being too much!
‘But instead of talking about the stage, why is this comnt on top…?’
Of course, these were words with good intentions, so she didn’t feel bad.
But… just a little, her excitent cooled down.
“Mmm.”
The grad student just skipped the comnt and shrugged it off. Fortunately, she soon found a silly comnt that suited her and pressed the heart.
– Every ti Moondae blinks, the world flickers. This is a total solar eclipse
lіghtnоvеlwоrld․соm fоr thе bеѕt nоvеl rеаdіng ехреrіеnсе
‘This is it!’
The grad student smiled and felt entertained.
The discomfort was quickly forgotten, but now she felt like she had a sneak peek of what her friend was worried about.
‘They are more interested in being nice to Moondae than in Moondae himself…’
Of course, she wasn’t saying that the majority of people were like that, but she wasn’t happy that such an atmosphere had occurred.
‘I want to hurry up and watch Moondae in the variety show.’
While waiting for the variety show, the grad student watched the video of the unit stage preparation from the last concert and the fancam of the unit stage during her breaks.
And the day aired.
From the first appearance of Park Moondae and Keun Sejin, she could hear the excitent.
“Gasp!”
Park Moondae and Keun Sejin… They were wearing pink fairy wings for toddlers.
“…?!”
The two of them started dancing to the music tune from the 80s.
[Dancing magic! Soaring Stock! Testar’s two shining stars have co down to Earth!]
Of course, wearing suspenders, they looked cute and handso.
But the pink fairy wings stole the viewer’s attention.
There were the captions, too.
[It looks like they will fly to the sky any minute…]
[Fleeting dance!]
[Fairy or human?]
It was the DJ’s new comnt.
‘Why… Why are they wearing sothing like that?’
The grad student looked at the screen in confusion and soon realized.
“Ah, butterfly!”
It seed they were aware that this new song was secretly called ‘Butterfly Boy’ among fans!
‘So cute!’
It was a big picture for a gag and publicity, but the fans were happy to see it anyway.
“Ahaha!!”
The grad student burst into laughter and turned up the volu.
And at the sa ti, Testar was doing the sa.
* * *
“Ahahahaha!!”
“C-Cough”
Saying that they would monitor , the guys that were gathered in the living room burst into laughter,
‘I knew it would be like this.’
I was a bit embarrassed, but… Haven’t I gone through too many bizarre things to get my composure broken by this?
“That’s so funny.”
“Yes!”
When Cha Eugene answered, Bae Sejin collapsed next to him. Even that answer alone seed to be funny.
‘…Let’s put up with it.’
I focused my eyes on the remote control.
…But when the scene of and Keun Sejin dancing around the DJ booth ca out, I couldn’t take it anymore.
The on the screen shouted.
[Wow, the best MC ever!]
Click.
I pressed the mute button.
“Huh?”
“Hey, why~”
“Moondae, it’s fun! It’s all right!”
lіghtnоvеlwоrld․соm fоr а bеttеr uѕеr ехреrіеnсе
It’s not alright.
I looked at the screen with bitter eyes.
The second half of the shoot was really… sothing you could look forward to.
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